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OP here - and I also am originally from the Chicago area so it's possible this is a regional thing.

However, I learned two main things from this thread - the fact that "Table" is actually an old term (did not know that, thanks guys) and also that this is what the video games have been called for the last decade (I have not played any video pinball so I had no idea). The fact that video games have been calling it that rings the most true to me as the most likely reason younger people are calling it that now.

I'd like to make one correction to my topics - the kids are actually calling them "Tables" not "Pinball Tables". I was out playing last night and heard the term dozens of times. Seems to be very fashionable to play pinball right now and I am not complaining! It was cute watching some of the young ladies playing their very first game with their boyfriends

The only thing I will complain about is due to the drop off in pinball popularity in the last years, some of the etiquette has been forgotten! I had my turn passed over even though I had quarters on the machine, and I got countless hip checks into the buttons! Oh well, the good of this resurgence far far outweighs any negatives like that!